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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Dust
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Basel, 14 June 2012 ARTE POVERA ? In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Belgium, Switzerland
Tagged Antoni Tàpies, Art Basel, Arte Povera, Dust, Genesis, Jannis Kounellis, Peter Buggenhout
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Grüezi aus Basel, Welthauptstadt der Kunst
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Basel, 13 June 2012 In our mission statement on 1 January 2012, we say that, while … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Switzerland
Tagged Art Basel, Augusta Raurica, Erasmus, Oecolampadius, Paracelsus, Picasso, Theodor Herzl, Thomas Bodley
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Gray Paree
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Paris, 12 June 2012 The last time I saw Paris Her heart was warm and … Continue reading
Posted in France, Greece, USA
Tagged Acropolis, Adrienne Monnier, Areopagus, Hemingway, Herodes Atticus, Pnyx, Sylvia Beach
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Paris vaut bien une messe
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Paris, 11 June 2012 There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of … Continue reading
Posted in France, Literature, USA
Tagged A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway, Henri IV, Nobel Literature Prize
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Felipe González
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 10 June 2012 WE DREAMED A DREAM We conclude our reports from Greece with a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Greece, Spain
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Felipe González, Rena Doulou, Syriza, Yiannis Dragasakis
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Acropolis now
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 9 June 2012 FOOTBALL To the new Acropolis Museum last night. Nice building, courtesy of … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, UK
Tagged Acropolis Museum, Bernard Tschumi, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon, Sublime Porte
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It’s all Greek to me
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 8 June 2012 LOSING IN ORDER TO WIN To understand European finance these days, there … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Uncategorized
Tagged Château Pétrus, Lehman Brothers, non-performing loans, Paul Samuelson, Richard Lipsey
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A tale of two cities (2)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 7 June 2012 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK You do not have to go far … Continue reading
Posted in Greece
Tagged Dimitris Christoulas, La Pasionaria, Mussolini, Papademos, Rena Dourou, Rudyard Kipling, Syriza, Tsolakoglou, Van Gogh
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A tale of two cities (1)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 6 June 2012 HOT WATER Noon. 29° C. A hotel bedroom … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Greece
Tagged Acropolis, Evzones, Goethe, Olympic Games, Pericles, Syntagma, Theodosius, Thucydides
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Athens: business as usual?
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, 5 June 2012 Well, here we are in the Greek capital. After Rome last week, … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Uncategorized
Tagged Ambelokipi, Athens, Chrysi Avgi, Gore Vidal, immigrants, Michaloliakos, suicide, Syriza
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